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Perennial's global alpha secret

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2008
... markets and still there at 7pm to talk to Perennial's London-based analyst. But the reward to that is the fund's high conviction portfolio of around 40 to 50 stocks handpicked from around the world. "As we've said in our fund material before, we think ...

Planners demand global fund with conviction

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2008
... extending its relationship with US based Tradewinds Global Investors to provide retail investors' with access to a high conviction global equities fund. The Advance Tradewinds Global Equities fund's strategy aims to identify undervalued companies and ...

A$ backpedals

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2008
... prices. Growth below 4 per cent is typically considered as the rate that marks a global recession. Mounting market conviction that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is poised to lower interest rates in a week's time, combined with the US Federal Reserve's ...

Perpetual posts $133m profit

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2008
... of the firm's assets due to poor markets. David Deverall, Perpetual chief executive, said the firm will retain its conviction in its approach to managing money. However, he reiterated his comments in May that the company will review its cost base, particularly ...

Financial woes continue to haunt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2008
... financial sector. This, and indications that the US economy continues to decelerate, is strengthening the market's conviction that the Federal Reserve will keep monetary policy on hold. The market paid little attention to US trade data which showed the ...

Pure commodities funds win ratings

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2008
... equity-based resources funds and the more diversified commodity trading advisor (CTA) products. "S&P has a high level of conviction that each of the products' risk-adjusted returns will exceed relevant investment objectives. However, each product is ...

Bellwether secures debut mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2008
... the mandate "a significant vote of confidence" in Bellwether's investment approach. He attributed the success in high conviction portfolios to discipline and an ability to filter market noise - a strategy Bellwether implements via quantitative and qualitative ...

Back testing not enough

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2008
... differences in the market, and to "really let them loose". "We encourage our managers to run quite unconstrained, high conviction portfolios. We want managers to own stocks they really like, rather than own stocks purely because they represent a significant ...

Ascalon buys 50pc stake in Sigrun

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2008
... continues its strategy to buy strong financial services firms, after purchasing a 50 per cent equity stake in high conviction investment manager, Sigrun Asset Management. Sigrun is a quant manager that uses behavioural finance and traditional valuation ...

FTI Aus unveils global equity fund

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2008
... number of market trends including the focus on risk adjusted excess returns and demand for absolute return and high conviction strategies," she said. The research-driven portfolio holds 45 stocks that have limited overlap of economic exposures, seeking ...